Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cow-orker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cow-ork-er
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Humorous

Example Sentences

"The above quote has been rated as gross, digusting,^([sic]) and tacky by my cow-orkers at work...are you a cow orker?"
"1998, cluelessnewbie, Re: I give up on alt.slack, alt.slack, http://groups.google.com/group/alt.slack/msg/2e925ed61ecb16d0?dmode=source&hl=en At this point, my cow-orker got real pissed off and firmly and courageously said: Hey, as a result of channeling, I discovered I used to be a cow in a previous lifetime."
"You must be a popular cow-orker."

Etymology

Deliberate corruption of co-worker, perhaps in imitation of pronunciation errors in early text-to-speech software.

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

cow-orkers (plural) cow orker (alternative)

Questions

What does cow-orker mean?: co-worker
Where does cow-orker come from?: Deliberate corruption of co-worker, perhaps in imitation of pronunciation errors in early text-to-speech software.

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